A Dose Of Murder – Sam Oman (1)

At the last moment she laid her hands flat on the surface. “Why would you say that? He is usually the last person to leave. It’s his responsibility!” Judith smiled innocently. “Maybe he was getting confused.” She suddenly held up her finger to stop the doctor from butting in. “You said usually. Who else would stay late?” “Mandy sometimes stays, complaining that she has too much paperwork.” She pointed to the ceiling. “And the lodgers upstairs come and go as they please.”

“You don’t approve of Nadin?” This time Ramsgate made no attempt to hide her disdain. “I know the family well. Nadin is a prissy madam who throws tantrums when she doesn’t get her own way. She forced us to have Mandy on the front desk, when we could have had somebody competent! It’s Martin I feel sorry for. Always being forced to get her out of a jam.

If she had her way, this place would have been run into the ground.” “But what about her dental practice?” “She cares about money. Nothing else. I imagine as a little girl she wanted to be the tooth fairy, but instead of giving money she’d steal your teeth and fleece you for every penny.”

“What jams has she been in recently?” “Sorry?” “You said she’d been in a jam. And Milen said he’d heard the siblings arguing the night before the murder. What was that about?” “They always argue, and Nadin is always causing trouble.” She was saved when the intercom on her desk buzzed, and Mandy’s voice came over the loudspeaker. “Mister Cockburn is your next appointment.” “Ooh, that sounds painful. Good luck.” Judith stood and smiled as she took the cue. “You have been most helpful.” The pinching of Ramsgate’s lips, as if she’d bitten into a lemon, assured Judith that being helpful was the last thing the doctor wanted to be.

1kitap1.com/en Chapter Fifteen or DS Raymond Collins, the new morning meant rising early, driving to the train station in the city, and then almost six hours of tedious rail connections as he meandered northwards towards the great metropolis of Manchester. The looming interview had increasingly been playing on his mind for the last several days, bringing with it unwelcome distractions.

t’s not murder. At least, it isn’t murder when it’s done right. Murder is icky and violent and leaves a trail of evidence. It can be wormed out by the most amateur sleuth under the right circumstances. No, this is the art of negotiation. This being pliable to get the desired result at the right time. Squeezing just so to get things moving. And sometimes that needs a deliberate inciting incident; and it takes a particular sort of intellect to dream that up.

At worst, this inciting incident is nothing more than a missing person. And people go missing all the time. It’s only when they reappear that things get problematic. But, like any good magic trick, making a reappearance is what holds people’s attention. It just has to be done under the right circumstances. And luckily these days, the right circumstances can be engineered and manipulated if you knew what you were doing—or if you had a good internet connection and were that way inclined to search some of the more dubious areas of the internet.

This is exactly how it has been planned, down to the finest detail. A victim is what gets results, draws attention, and allows the other hand to perform out of sight from anybody else. Besides, it was very important to remember that a murder is only a murder if the body is found. That’s more of a plan B. It’s always good to have a plan B. And from experience, a plan C is also useful. But now, the plan had rolled into motion.

There was no going back. And it was all left for the fates to decide. Although the one factor that hadn’t been accounted for was just how fickle those fates can be. Especially in the form of an amateur detective with a rather high opinion of herself… 1kitap1.com/en I Prologue t’s not murder. At least, it isn’t murder when it’s done right. Murder is icky and violent and leaves a trail of evidence. It can be wormed out by the most amateur sleuth under the right circumstances.

No, this is the art of negotiation. This being pliable to get the desired result at the right time. Squeezing just so to get things moving.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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